Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-02
CONGRESSIONAL.
THE SENATE.

| WAsHINGToN, March 1.-The Senat
passed fifty-seven pension bills in TWEEN
ty five minutes.
Hale, from the Committee on Appro
priations, reported hack the Naval Ap
preparation bill. with amendments. Il
was ordered printed and placed on the
calendar.
On motion of Dawes, the House bill
to grant the right of way through the
Indian Territory to the Chicago, Kansas
and Nebraska Railway was taken from
the calendar and passed.
On motion of Platte, the House bill to
annex portion of Idaho 10 Washing ton
Territory was taken from the calendar
and passed, with amendments. A con.
ference was asked on the amendments.
The bill ascertaining and settling pri.
vaie land claims in New Mexico, Arizona
and Colorado was taken up. After a
long discussion the bill was amended so
as to make it applicable ~ other States
and Terri ories and was passed without
q division. A conference was asked.
THE HOUSE.
WAsHINGToN, March LIN the
House to-day the bill making appropra.
tons for the payment of Mexican zen.
sions was taken up and passed. 1t
approprates 50, 800, 600 for the remain.
der of the fiscal year and 81 600, 600 for
the next fiscal year.
Willis presented the conference report
on the River and Harbor bill, and on
demand of Anderson, of K ansas, the bill
was read in extenso. The total of the
bill az passed by the Senate was SlO,.
620, $50, and as it comes from the con-
ference was $99l 900, big loss.
The conference report on the River
and Harbor bill was agreed to--Ayes,
III; noes, 81.
Peel, of Arkansas, submitted con.
ference report on the Indian Appropria.
tion bill, and it was agreed to.
Burns, of Missouri, moved to suspend
the rules and pass the Deficiency Appro.
priation bill. Another hour was con.
sumed in reading new measures. Can
non, of Illinois, said if the bill was up
for consideration in the ordinary way
he would move to re.commit it. The
bill appropriated about $500, 900.
aud in the main he concurred
in its recommendations. 1t was
conspicuous for what was not in it. 1t
omitted an appropriation of 1900, 600
for services rendered by the Central
Pacific Railroad Company over the two
thousand miles of it's leased line. The
Supreme Court had held that that sum
was due and payable by the government.
He was not here to make plea for the
Central Pacific but only to cill attention
to the fact that notwithstanding this
decision of the highest tribunal in the
land, the Committee on Appropriations,
exercising the sovereign power to repu.
diate the obligations Ct the government,
had refused to make the appropriation.
Burns, of Missouri, in response to
Cannon's criticism, said that as far as
the obligations of the Government were
concerned he would never vote to repu-
diate them, but he contended that while
the Central Poetic owed the Govern.
ment sixty millions, the Government
had right to take two millions and
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the company until the day of settlement
came.
A motion to suspend the rules was
agreed to, and the Deficiency Appropri.
alton bill was passed, with an amend
ment appropriating S27, 900, for printing
and finishing additional silver certif
Gates and legal tender notes of the dc.
nominations of 81 and 81.
Holman moved to suspend the rules
and put upon its passage the Legislative
Appropriation bill. The House passed
the Legislative, Executive and Judicial
bills, under suspension of
the rules.
Mr. Morrison of Illinois called up the
conference report ON the Fractional Gal
lon Tax bill. Mr.. Butterw orth of Ohio
raised the question of consideration and
the House refused, yeas l0l, nays l42,
to consider the conference report.
Mr.. Belmont of New York presented
the conference report on the Fisheries
Retaliatory bill, announcing q disagree.
ment. Mr.. Rice moved that the House
recede from its amendments to the Sen
ate bill. Pending the action the House
took recess till o'clock.
During the evening session large
number of bills were passed, authorizing
the con struction of bridges, and the
House then adjourned.